Japan vs Post-demographic dividend: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) over time
- Japan
- Post-demographic dividend
How they compare
Japan currently reports 178.43 per 100 people against 124.35 per 100 people in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 54.08 per 100 people.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.4 times Post-demographic dividend's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Post-demographic dividend ahead.
Japan ranks 11th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 12th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Post-demographic dividend in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Post-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | — |
| 1970s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | — |
| 1980s | 0.0932 per 100 people | 0.1768 per 100 people | 0.0836 per 100 people | Post-demographic dividend |
| 1990s | 15.18 per 100 people | 10.79 per 100 people | 4.39 per 100 people | Japan |
| 2000s | 72.85 per 100 people | 78.41 per 100 people | 5.56 per 100 people | Post-demographic dividend |
| 2010s | 123.2 per 100 people | 113.86 per 100 people | 9.35 per 100 people | Japan |
| 2020s | 160.85 per 100 people | 122.3 per 100 people | 38.55 per 100 people | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Japan or Post-demographic dividend?
- Japan, at 178.43 per 100 people against 124.35 per 100 people in Post-demographic dividend as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Japan and Post-demographic dividend?
- 54.08 per 100 people, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Post-demographic dividend?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Japan ranks 11th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 12th of 214 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.